New information helps focus search for hunter

Bay
of Plenty, 11 April 2014 - A search and rescue operation in
Te Urewera National Park has been given a new focus thanks
to information from another hunter.

Search and rescue
teams walked into the area overnight to look for a hunter
reported overdue by the rest of his group.

This afternoon
a man unrelated to the hunting party contacted police to
advise that he had come across a lost hunter at
approximately midday yesterday (Thursday, 10 April). The
lost hunter introduced himself and the name given matches
that of the person search and rescue teams are currently
looking for. He was reportedly in good spirits, had food
supplies and was approximately 10km south of where the group
were camping. They had been camping by Kaitawa Stream and he
was seen by Pukareao Stream. The hunter was given
instructions on how to get back to his campsite.

It is
possible that the hunter is still following those
instructions and just hasn’t yet made it back to camp.
Search and rescue teams are re-focusing their search based
on this new information and the instructions the lost hunter
was
provided.

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